The Louisiana Democrat. [volume] (Alexandria, La.) 1845-1918, 1887-08-03
PERSONAL POLITICS.

deal on the alleged baneful effect OF
the so-called personal tendency of the
policy of the present administration,
charging that his friends and support
'ers alone have been appointed TO office
by Gov. McEnery. This charge is
one of the "dodges" of reformers ~ to
win support, but it will not stand in
the face of facts,
While we do not know the prefer
ence for Governor of many of the gen
Ftlepen he has commissioned to office,
we do know that the alleged favoritism
in appointments will not hold good as
to Rapjdes Parish. To demonstrate !:
while Gov. McEnery has selected Po-
lice Jurors for this Parish Of represeD-
tative men from our staunchest and
best citizens, as he has invariably
done throughout the State, he paid no
regard whatever to the question wheth-
er they were his supporters. In fact,
we feel safe in asserting that two
thirds of the jurors commissioned for
Rapides had been, and perhaps still
are, opposed to him as gubernatorial
candidate. These gentlemen have
been thoroughly devoted to their du-
ties and to the general interests Of
their constituents.
We venture to allege further that in
many other Parishes of the State more
than one-half of the Police Jurors ap-
pointed by Gov. McEnery had been
his active opponents. These appoint
ments are the most important that the
Governor is empowered to make, and
we very much doubt whether Governor
McEnery gave the subject of personal
politics single thought in their Sc
lection.
The reformers seem bent, however,
on playing this racket" for all it is
worth. They should abandon the
racket business and make a square,
clean, stand-up fight for their chief,
and not attempt to humbug the people
with the plea that they are contending
for a great principle. Apropos Of their
pretended anti-"personal" aims, the
drift of battle from Shreveport to New
Orleans shows plainly that it is purely
and simply contest for General Nj
cholls and his supporters, and against
those who oppose him in this cam
paign. To illustrate the reformers in
East Baton Rouge, through theil Or
gan, the Truth, are urged to support no
man for any office whatever who does
not proclaim himself Nichols man.
The Truth admits that in many local
elections the issues are mainly local
and do not pertain to outside OF State
campaigns. 1t is desired, however, to
draw the line somewhere, and they
have drawn it at the standard Of their
chief. Those who are not for Nichols
for Governor shall have no office, "no
chicken pie, no nothing" AS an ex-
uberant Arkansas man said swell 90
the whole hog and put the tail in our
pocket" A clean sweep! Was ever
an humble, loyal worker in the Demo
cratic ranks threatened with such an
avenging boycot9 We were about to
say "nemesis," but the term boycott
comes nearer homo and fits better.
Mr.. Boycott was bad man among the
helpless Irish tenantty and the spirit
he insgired reigns among the santifed
Democracy of Louisiana.
Scarcely had the avenging fiat
sounded in Baton Rouge when its echo
rolls along down the line from Shreve-
port to New Orleans. Col. Hollings-
worth, one of the best citizens of Lou
lsiana, if not one of the most sanguine
of the age, has drawn the
line, too. His late letter to the Shreve-
port Times states that he, with Con-
gresham Blanchard, visited Hon. B.
f. Jonas, who, it is pretty generally
conceded the new Legislature will re-
elect to the United States Senate, and
Asked in effect, Of that gentleman,
"under which king, Byzantian, speak
Up. d. o. or diea" limiting in plain
English that if the ex-senator didn't
"speak oat in meeting" and support
Nichols for Governor, the avenue to
Senatorial honor should be closed
against him. This smacks of inaugu-
rating personal politics with high
hand. This method of effecting the
of Gen. Nichols seems to
have been conceived in spirit Of in
tolerance, prescription and prejudice
hat nuts ON the cloak of reform To